Friday, March 14, 2008

This rainy spell is very unsual at this time of year.Chennai is experiencing frequent heavy & sharp showers from evening of 12-Mar-08.Initially it was light... and now (14-Mar-08) it's heavy with more frequency and even with Thunder.Past 24 hr rain record = 20.2mmYesterday = 15.6 mmCrossing the monthly average...Monthly Rain - 32.4mm (Mar. normal - 3 mm)

Let's look at WHY this phenomenon????There's lot of moisture over the southern bay of bengal & the wind direction is almost equal to a north-east monsoon.Look at it...The COLA- Numeric forecast suggests a Deep Low formation over the southern Bay of bengal over the next 48 hrs.Take a look...

As i finish writing this post, there's a huge thunderstorm rolling in from East